EHR Technology

Patient behavior plays a crucial role in determining health outcomes. In order to improve their health, we must help them get more engaged.

Multiple changes in the healthcare field are working synergistically to pull an increasing number of physicians into the bitter swirl of burnout.

Physician practices are the keystone to the healthcare industry’s shift to value-based care. Technology tools such data analytics and automated communication can help practices provide preventive care and assist with population health management duties.

Artificial intelligence is trickling into medical practices. Here’s what you should know about the technology.

Sometimes, the difficulty in treating patients lies in knowing how to code their ailments.

Coding expert Bill Dacey reacts to CMS’s 2019 proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule that would collapse office Evaluation and Management code levels-and payment rates.

We are far from the point where providers can gather needed information from one place to safely and efficiently develop a treatment plan. But there is hope. 

Tech and staffing are two ways that your practice can reduce burnout for physicians and other stressed out employees.

Searching for medical information via electronic records is great …when the data you need is in there.

The big health IT conference has finished. What did this editor learn from the annual show?

The EHR is the cause for many physicians to be burned out - but this doesn't have to be the case.

At HIMSS18, less regulation and more market-driven innovation was the name of the game for the ONC's top officials.

Clinical registries can assist medical practices with their quality initiatives, but also provide a high-tech community, says one expert.

Jared Kushner and Seema Verma spoke at HIMSS18 about the administration's vision for interoperability and better patient data access.

Looking for a way to lessen administrative burden at your practice? Start with putting the patients first.

Tech can do great things in health care, but it can also lead to a failure in communication.

HIMSS18 has arrived. The Physicians Practice editorial staff has gone through and picked out the top 10 things you should do during your limited time in Las Vegas.

This physician attempted combining story time with his son with EHR pajama time and got mixed results.

Looking to upgrade your EHR or PM systems? Here are a few must haves.

Mobile is in as three out of four practices saying they use mobile health (mHealth) in their practice on a weekly basis.

Physicians sound off on features they wish the EHR had in order to make their jobs and the patient experience better.

Physicians are spending nearly 90 minutes of "pajama time" documenting in the EHR. Here are solutions to fix this pressing problem.

It took a two-year, frustration-induced hiatus from pushing a portal to his patients, but this admin finally understands their use.

The digitization of health data is a good, but it brings concerns over how hard it is to protect patient data.

On Wednesday, the Senate confirmed Alex Azar, making him the second HHS secretary in under a year for the Trump Administration.